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NotValonzo @notvalonzo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Did you know? Before Knuckles was a thing, Sonic 3 was supposed to have a different mobian character debut in it. This character looked a lot like Sonic, although he had a bit of an "edgier" appearance. His name was rumored to be "Bolt the Porcupine". More info in the alt text. #Sonicexe #exe #exeoc

Some people believe that the concept of Bolt was reused for the making of Shadow the Hedgehog. His supposed color palette sporting more muted tones to those of the protagonist help this theory. Although he was canned pretty early on during development, there has been a single report of a prototype cartridge that supposedly features this character, or at least an unfinished version of what he would have been like in the final game.

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